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DAVA : left hand. Sirsa S. R. 1883, p. 124. Deh: a shrine, where the Jaglan Jâts worship their ancestors. Karnal S. R., p. 78. Dehl: see dwatan. Dehri: a boundary-pillar.=kotali. Deila: a grass which gives good grazing. Rohtak. Den, Dain: a witch ; dugar is a sorcerer, or male witch. Kangra Gloss. Deora: a big temple ; deorí, a small temple. Simla Hills.
Deredar: a fire-carrier whose business it is to see that the huqqas are always fall and alight; Le sometimes gets five sera per plough for this service. Sirsa S. R. 1883, p. 182.
Dha: the ridge or high bank which marks the division between aplands and lowlands. Ludhiana S. R., 1883, p. 3.
Dhabli: a blanket of white wool. Sirmûr cis-Giri. Dhag, dag: a precipice. Kangra Gloss. DhAin : a husband. Bauria argot.
Dhak: a thick mat for sitting on, made of plaited pressed sagar-cane, ordinarily called onna. Kangra Gloss.
Dhakao : the first day of a wedding. Karnal S. R., 1880, p. 180. Dhakh : a morsel. Kangra Gloss.
Dhak-pacha: a man who collecta kino (resin which exudes from the dhak tree). Karnal S. R., p. 10.
Dhal: a tax on land, levied to pay tribute. Mahlog. Dham: upland. Hence Dbami, the name of one of the Simla Hill States. Dhamakka: a kind of maize with orange-yellow cobs. Jullundur S. R., p. 122. Dhamakkt : kind of maize with white cobs. Jullundur S. R., p. 122. Dhaman: Grewia oppositifolia. Hoshiêrpar S. R., p. 82. Dhama: a messenger,--two are sent from the bride's house to fetch the bridegroom. Churah.
Dhamari : * red wheat, having a firm stalk and root, and not easily stirred. Hoshiarpur S. R., p. 74.
Dhan: the coarser Varieties of rice. opp. to ziri. Roltak. Dhanak: a rainbow; the Gaddis call it pappan. Kangra Gloss. Dhanans : to give the bull to a cow. Karnal 8. R., 1880, p. 195. Dhandhors=Dhandora, Panjabi Dicty., p. 297. Dhang: a flail or rather stick used to thresh corn. Kangra Gloss. Dhanta: a beard-cloth. Sirsa S. R., 1883, p. 157. Dhanu: rice land. Kangra Gloss. Dhar: a high range, or the upper part of such range : also used for a sheep-run. Dhar chakra: the ptarmigan, see tilla.
Dhari: a plaister shelf, on the inside wall of a house ; also called Lakhola or tak. Kangra Gloss.
Dharn: ? a disease: Kapurthala. Dharothi: a large wooden box. Sirmûr trans-Girl. Dharu : & breastplate of silver chain. Karnkl S. R., 1880, p. 125. Dharan: a measure of capacity,=one-sixth of a topd. Kangra 8. R. (Lyall), p. 32. Dhaturs: the strongest kind of tobacco and most liked. Hoshiarpur 8. R., p. 77. Phattha: p-part, of dhahind fallen, Dhsull: a late red maize. Karnkl 8. R., 1880, p. 184. Dhsulu: along soft thick white sugar cane. Rohtak.,
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